Gracie Barra is BIG. There are at least four schools in Illinois alone now, and probably a couple I don't know about. I know there's at least one GB school in Chicago, one in Bloomington, one in Springfield and a new one in Jacksonville. I wouldn't be surprised if one popped up in Champaign, Peoria, the Quad Cities, Rockford, or the Metro St. Louis area. And that's Illinois, not exactly a BJJ hotbed.